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Well, yeah. Wal-Mart was the first wave, to destroy local, small, and boutique stores: in favor of crap chinesium that is sold 'slightly cheaper'. Amazon moved
by pierat 3y ago
Well, yeah. Wal-Mart was the first wave, to destroy local, small, and boutique stores: in favor of crap chinesium that is sold 'slightly cheaper'.
Amazon moved in, used the agreements with USPS and China to cheaply (read nearly 100% subsidized) agreements to bring dangerous shit. But hey, with Scamazon Prime, it's 'free shipping' (somehow free and $140/yr are the same thing).
A package hub would be better. When I can order things to the store, is a lot easier and also has better security than "on front door". But people demand convenience.
And naturally there's the climate devastation these millions of miles driven to deliver shit. And that's also exacerbating the workers with trucks that had intentionally ripped the AC system out.
But the ones making decisions aren't for doing the good and smart thing. They're just for doing the profitable thing.
- cocoa19 3y agoNah, thanks. I'd rather have one person drive one truck efficiently than 50 people drive an SUV. Sounds more climate efficient to me. I also prefer my mailman to deliver mail than dozens (or hundreds?) of people driving and cramming the postal office/parking lot/roads.